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VI CHRONIC HYPOXIA SYMPOSIUM
Oct 8 - 15, 2016 La Paz - Bolivia
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ACTIVITIES PROGRAM |
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October 2016
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Day |
Date |
Altitude in m
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Event |
Sleep
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Item |
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Saturday |
8
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3600 |
Arrival, check-in and adaptation |
La Paz |
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Hotel
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Sunday |
9
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3600 |
Arrival,
check-in and adaptation |
La Paz |
Welcome Dinner |
Hotel
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Monday |
10
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3600 |
8:00-12:00 Conferences at Zubieta Building Conf room
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La Paz |
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Hotel |
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12:00-14:00
Lunch |
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15:00-18:00
Conferences |
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Tuesday |
11
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3800 |
Tiahuanacu
Pre-Inca ruins talks and tour |
La
Paz |
1 hour
drive, conference and |
Trip, snack
and tickets
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Visit then
return |
Hotel |
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Wednesday |
12
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3800 |
Titicaca
Lake in CopacabanaTour and conf
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La
Paz |
1 hour
drive, conference and |
Trip, lunch and tickets
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visit return Closing Dinner |
Hotel
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Thursday |
13
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5250
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La Paz
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2 hour drive, conference and return
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Trip, lunch and tickets
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2 hour Bus Drive, tours and talks
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Hotel
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Friday |
14
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3650
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6:00 am Flight to the Salt Lakes & visit in the morning . |
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4100
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Saturday |
15
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2500
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PACKAGE 1 *** Hotels single |
Includes all of the above except Flight to Uyuni * | Total US$ 499.-- |
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| PACKAGE 1 *** Hotels double | Includes all of the above except Flight to Uyuni * | Total US$ 650.-- | ||||
PACKAGE 2 **** Hotels luxury single |
Includes all of the above except Flight to Uyuni * | Total US$ 1195.-- |
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| PACKAGE 2 **** Hotels luxury double | Includes all of the above except Flight to Uyuni * | Total US$ 1395.-- | ||||
Please note
that the program is subject to changes depending on the number of
participants
since this meeting is limited in numbers.
Also note that these packages do not include the registration fee.
Price of package single per person and double for two people, includes the Hotel costs for 6 nights.Stay at the Salt Hotel on Friday not included.
Please note that good restaurants cost between 10 and 20 US$ per person, so that prices are quite low compared to 1st world countries.
*Airport to Hotel Pick-up transport included.
** The flight to Uyuni is independent of the program and not included in this package. Bolivia is a big country with great distances. This year we will fly to Uyuni at 6:00 am. Arrival at 7:00 a.m. Visit the Salt Lakes in the morning.
After Lunch bus ride to the city of Potosi 4000m (4 hours).
Visit to the famous Museum Casa de la Moneda where the Spanish during the colony coined the silver coins sent to Spain.
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Sleep in Potosi. Saturday morning leaving at 11:00 a.m. drive 2 hours to Sucre.
Arrival in Sucre at around 14:00. Visit Sucre and Saturday afternoon 19:00 return flight to La Paz. Arrival 20:00.
Purchase for this last part of the trip is in the registration page.
You can also take a bus ride to Uyuni instead of the flight. The cost is lower but the ride is around 13 hours overnight.
Optional
tours available:
Trekking
or mountain climbing.
Huayna Potosi climbing 6000 m.(2
days) Tropical
areas around 500 m of altitude. Rurrenabaque,(1 hour flight) Santa Cruz (1 hour
fly) or Yungas (2 hour drive from La Paz) The
scientific program will be prepared later on, please come back to the
web page
for updates.. High Altitude Medical Care Specialized high altitude medical care available through the High Altitude Pulmonary and Pathology Clinic * Clinica IPPA. Travel Health Insurance required. Dead
line for registration with these prices is July 30, 2016 After that date a 20 % increase in the registration fees and Hotel fees apply.
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